Improvement in trunks



CHARLES W-. KINNE.

Trunks.

No. 123,708. Patented Feb. 13, 1872.

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WITNESSES PATENT QFFIcE.

CHARLES W. KINNE, OF CORTLAND, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT lN TRUNKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 123,708, dated February 13, 1872.

Specification describing certain Improve- I ments in Trunks, invented by CHARLES W. KINNE, of Oortland,in the county of Cortland and State of New Yprk.

This invention has forits object mainly the production of a trunk so constructed that its parts may be put together and securely united without the use of nails, by which means the disconnected parts may be shipped in a small compass and be readily set up by any person after its destination is reached and it consists mainly in the combination of a corner socketpost with the boards of the trunk, as will be fully described hereinafter.

In the drawing, Figures 1 and 2 represent partial perspective views of my improved trunk, and Fig. 3 a transverse section through the line aa'w,'Fig. 1.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will now proceed to describe fully its construction and manner of operation.

a to represent the side and end boards of the trunk, made of suitable size, and provided near their ends with a recess, as shown in Fig. 3. B represents the corner socketpost, constructed of any suitable material, malleable iron, however, being preferred. It preferably consists of outer flanges b b, inner flanges d d, and a central connecting-rib, e, the inner flanges d dbeing provided with projections g g, as shown in Fig. 3. The socket is also provided with a cap, 0, projecting over or under, as the case may be, the extreme ends of the inner flanges and the central rib, by which means a recess is formed for the top and bottom boards. The

caps upon the socket, designed for the lower parts of the trunk, are provided with ears for holdinga roller, as indicated at t. The sockets designed for the rear are also provided at the adjacent ends with ears, adapted, when united by means of a pin, to form a hinge, as shown at c, Fig. l. The sockets designed for the front side of the trunk are provided with suitable securing devices, which serve to lock the trunk when it is desired to do so. The boards a a being provided with a recess near their ends corresponding to the projections 9 upon the inner flanges d, the parts may be united together by simply slipping the boards into the sockets, as is clearly shown in Fig. 3. The top and bottom boards, however, should first be put in place.

The advantages of the construction shown are readily perceived. The boards of the trunk may be prepared .in any locality where timber is cheap and be shipped to any point with the sockets, and be readily set up by an unskilled person. Great strength, also, is secured by this construction. The boards are very strongly held by the sockets, because the projections g extend the entire width of the board, and consequently the'entire end of the board must be tornaway before a separation can take place. Moreover, the corners of the trunk, which are, of course, the most exposedparts, are securely protected by the outer flanges of the metal sockets and the caps, and the trunk is also rigidly held by the fastenings at the end, so that it is less exposed to strain when being turned upon its corners.

In practice it may be found desirable to cast the corner socket-post in one or more pieces and afterward to unite the same in. some suitable manner. This may be done, of course, if desired, without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I'claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. A trunk having upper and lower corner socket-posts with inner and outer flanges, caps for holding the top and bottom boards and securing devices, as described.

2. The corner socket-post described, consisting of the inner and outer flanges]; d, the central rib e, the projection g, and the cap 0, as described, for the purpose set forth.

CHARLES W. KINNE.

Witnesses:

H. W. BEADLE, S. NOTES. 

